Life

Keep it playful - that is what all of this is for.

Life runs in arcs - a discipline taken the whole way: chosen, mastered, taught, then the next one.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu¹

Top of the podium, Sul Americano no-gi, CBJJE

After class - the team on the mats

Three medals on the gi - Sul Americano + CBJJE, gi and no-gi, São Paulo

With the coach, São Paulo

Skydiving²

The exit

Sunset jump

Eight-way over Boituva

The flag under canopy

Mixology & the São Paulo bar³

The home bar, São Paulo

The staircase bar, full house

Behind the counter

The craft, up close

Marathon⁴

São Paulo Marathon, the tunnel

Damascus Marathon finish, 2025 - with the flag

42K, São Paulo - the high-five

Bib 688, Maratona de São Paulo

Other arcs - scuba, AcroYoga, gymnastics, calisthenics⁵

On the reef floor

The dive circle

Dive group, PADI flag

Coaching the circle

Artwear

Ten years of carnival costumes, designed and worn - the full record, by theme, is on Artwear.

Human meat - vacuum-packed, labeled

The Oscar, walking

The Devil, attended

The Ram, at dinner

Creative robotics⁶

The aisle walk, June 2026

Bride and robot

Rooftop, after

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The letters in to my younger brother carry what these arcs cost.

Footnotes

1. 3× South American champion, CBJJE; later coached. All tribute to my first master, Marcel Lublégi. The championship story is in the open-weight bet. ↩

2. Category-C professional skydiver. ↩

3. Professional mixologist; international cocktail-competition finalist. Built one of São Paulo’s known home bars. Brewer, distiller, fermentation. I teach a hands-on mixology course - you should check it out sometime. ↩

4. São Paulo 42K; Damascus Marathon, 2025. ↩

5. Advanced Open Water diver. Coached AcroYoga and gymnastics. Calisthenics daily. ↩

6. Staged the first humanoid bridal walk - a humanoid robot walking the bride down the aisle, June 2026. Full record at firsthumanoid.xyz. ↩